Ideally, I would have Weidman/Boetsch vs. Bisping/Belfort, but now I guess it'd be Bisping/Belfort vs Boetsch or Belcher, depending who won. If both, Boetsch, and Weidman fights Belcher. If neither, Weidman when healthy.

Also, Jake Shields said in a recent interview he's dropping back to 170.

Eh, I like the Idea of Weidman and or Bisping Vs Belfort winner just as the Poll Indicates, but I think the Winner of the Bisping Vs Belfort fight should fight Weidman for the Official Title of the Middleweight Division....

That would make the most sense!

Belfort/Bisping Winner Vs Weidman On The Same Night of the Super-fight So Anderson Can Hand Over the Middle-Weight Title Formally....

If Weidman is out 6 months like i've read then he should be out of contention. So bisping vs vitor i guess. Chris can fight the winner later

Yeah that dosen't sound like a bad idea or and when chris comes back think he should fight the winner of Belcher and Okami ?
for many years M.W was very weak and not its starting to fill up quite nicely

Yeah that dosen't sound like a bad idea or and when chris comes back think he should fight the winner of Belcher and Okami ?
for many years M.W was very weak and not its starting to fill up quite nicely

i don't really care who he fights

but the problem is with your last statement. MW is not filling up.......it is the same with the only difference being Weidman. MW only appears to be getting better because Silva hasn't defended the belt very much. Giving way to would be contenders

but the problem is with your last statement. MW is not filling up.......it is the same with the only difference being Weidman. MW only appears to be getting better because Silva hasn't defended the belt very much. Giving way to would be contenders

I'm not Bispings biggest fan if he beats Belfort he can make a strong case at getting a crack at the belt
Belcher looked brilliant against paul harris and maybe is just two fights away from stating a claim himself
and of course Weidman.
When a champ sits out in any division it makes contenders
outside of the top few are lombard, Boetsch and Munoz and if they get a nice streak going they are back in there. Every person I named has not fought Silva already its shaping up nicely and making rematches Will it be stacked like LW no but its an improvement to what it was.

I'm not Bispings biggest fan if he beats Belfort he can make a strong case at getting a crack at the belt
Belcher looked brilliant against paul harris and maybe is just two fights away from stating a claim himself
and of course Weidman.
When a champ sits out in any division it makes contenders
outside of the top few are lombard, Boetsch and Munoz and if they get a nice streak going they are back in there. Every person I named has not fought Silva already its shaping up nicely and making rematches Will it be stacked like LW no but its an improvement to what it was.

if Bisping can beat Belfort he deserves a shot.....and while you do name plenty of "contenders" and how they haven't lost to silva most have lost to people silva has destroyed.

i know its not fair to judge them on losing to people Silva has beaten but that really makes it hard to consider them true contenders. With a few good wins or in some cases 1 most of them deserve a shot.......but none have an actual shot at silva

I'm not Bispings biggest fan if he beats Belfort he can make a strong case at getting a crack at the belt
Belcher looked brilliant against paul harris and maybe is just two fights away from stating a claim himself
and of course Weidman.
When a champ sits out in any division it makes contenders
outside of the top few are lombard, Boetsch and Munoz and if they get a nice streak going they are back in there.

You didn't even mention Costa, who with a win over Boetsch would be on a 5 fight win streak and could fight the Belcher/Okami winner for next shot after Bisping/Weidman

if Bisping can beat Belfort he deserves a shot.....and while you do name plenty of "contenders" and how they haven't lost to silva most have lost to people silva has destroyed.

I know its not fair to judge them on losing to people Silva has beaten but that really makes it hard to consider them true contenders. With a few good wins or in some cases 1 most of them deserve a shot.......but none have an actual shot at silva

Long time reader and follower of mma first time poster well pretty newish and it seems like you know your stuff we all know mma math dose not work but I do agree with you none have a chance of beating Silva he maybe in his late 30s only wanting big fights but he is just on a different level to anyone out there if anyone at MW has the best chance of beating Silva its Weidman but hes still only 9-0 and in a way I can understand that he turned the fight away but he should fight the number one contender in the division which is him and a few others behind. The fight he wants with GSP it should not happen maybe 2 or 3 years ago but not now since Jon Jones came on the scene that is the real money fight and the most of the mma world agree. do you sir ?

You didn't even mention Costa, who with a win over Boetsch would be on a 5 fight win streak and could fight the Belcher/Okami winner for next shot after Bisping/Weidman

ohh yeah my bad, but just to throw it out there look at his quality of opposition. This is a big step up in competition facing Boetsch if he wins definitely a dark horse in the division none the less but yeah that fight makes sense if he beats Boetsch

And you left out Weidman, unless you've got him facing Silva in that scenario

It'll all come down to who wins between those two fights. If both Belcher and Boetsch win then they fight for the title shot. If Costa or Okami win, one of those two will fight Weidman for the title shot. Thats how i see it. Plus we still have Cung Le now in the mix and i still believe Lombard is a threat if he beats Palhares which i think he will.